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From: Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk>
Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android
Subject: Re: Recognising (or not) QR codes
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2025 19:47:51 +0100
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Stefan Ram wrote:

>    Letting stuff run without the user doing anything is risky,
>    kind of like letting macros go off in a doc file as soon as you
>    open it. Imagine if every time you downloaded an exe, it just ran
>    right away. That would be a nightmare!
> 
>    So, if that's actually how QR codes work, that needs to be
>    fixed. When you scan a QR, it should just show you the text
>    and let you copy it if you want. If you decide to open it
>    as a URI, that should be your call.

Despite what Vanguard said, I'm not aware of any QR app that 
automatically visits a URL, or connects to a wifi SSID, or calls a phone 
number *just* because you scanned one of those types of QR code ... it's 
akin to saying mice are dangerous because you can click links with a mouse.